Harness-fastener.



PATENTBD FEB. 6, 1906 T. WIDDOP.

HARNESS FASTENER.

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THUMAS Wllllltll, (ll MUUN'lAlNVlEW, WYOMING, AHhlUNUh. ()l ()Nl) HALFTU JAMES ll lltltY, (ll MOUN'lAlNVilGW, WYOMING.

HARNESS-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed July 21,1905. Serial No. 270,720-

Be it known tluit l,'lnoMAs Wiboor, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Mountoinv icw, in tliccounty oi Uintu and State of Wyoming,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inller]1ess.l*esteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in liariiess-l'usteners, andwhile it is designed particularly for use in com'iection with thechcckrein and traces it may be used with equal facility on the neek okeor wherever else it is applicable.

A hook is eonnnonly employed [or connecting the eheckreins to thebeck-bend and is the cause oi much annoyance and frequent ecl'idcnts,owing to the fact that the lines not infrequently become engaged withthe hook, so as to place the animal beyond the control of the driver.

The object of this invention is to overcome this di'lliculty and toproduce a device of the character described which will be free fromtroublesome projections, which can he quickly attached and detached, andwhich will form a very secure connection.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, of abifurcated member having a link pivoted therein and provided with oneye, said eye normally projcctin partly beyond the end of the i member,and of a stud comprising a shank and a head, the hood being of a size topass loosely through the eye, while the shank is adapted to pass throughthe projecting por tion of the eye.

For a. full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means forellecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top lan view of thedevice, showing the metho of conncctin some in dotted lines. Fi 2 is a,horizonta sectional view. Fig. 3 is a ongitudinal sectional View. Fig. 4is a detail perspective view of the parts. Fig. 5 is a. perspective viewshowing a modifieation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin descriptionand indicated in all the views the drawings by the same referencecharacters.

The numeral 1 designates the body portion bifnreetcc ol the device,which is provided nt one end with a loop-hole, by moons of which it isottachod to the strep, end is bifurcated at the opposite end, so its tobe divided into two up proxinmtely parallel arms 3. A member 4 ispivotnlly mounted between the arms 3 by means ol' it pin and providedwith on eye 6, which extends portly beyond the arms 23. The ends of thearms 3 are shaped so that they lie in the circumference of a. circle ofwhich the pin 5 is the center, so that when the member 4- is swungaround upon its pivot the eye 6 always projects the some amount beyondthe arms 3. Notches 7 are provided in the sides of the arms 3, so thatwhen the member 4 is swung around to said notches the eye 6 will beentirely free. A stud Is is employed in connection with this device andcomprises n shank t) and a, head 10. The head is of it suitable size tobe passed loosely through the eye 6, and the shank 9 is adopted to passthrough the portion of the eye projecting beyond the arms 3. In order toform a connection, the member 4 is swung around to one of the notches 7and the stud 8 passed through the eye 6. When the member 4 is swung backinto normal position, the stud 8 cannot be withdrawn from the eye 6,owing to the fact that the head 10 engages with the end of the arms 3and the projecting portion of the member 4. The projecting portion ofthe member 4 is thickened, so as to be approximately flush with the topand bottom, respectively, of the arms 3, and thus relieve the stud ofany unequal strain. A washer 11 may be employed upon the shank 9 of thestud, if desired.

A modification is shown in Fig. 5, in which the device is shown asemployed in a eockeye for attaching the traces to the ends of a. swingletree. The body portion of the cockeye is provided with projections12, through which a pin 13 is passed in order to make connection withthe traces, and the bifurcated end is closed at the top, as seen at 14,and is provided with e' notch on the lower side. stud 16, adapted tocooperate with the before-described device, is located 11 )on the end ofthe swingletree, and the mom ers can be readily connected anddisconnected by turnin the e e down into the notch 15.

lo have described this device as being particularly ap licable for usein connection with the checl ein and traces, it must be plications eanhe readily lound lor my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- Ahurlless-fastener comprising a hody portion designed to he secured toone of the parts to he fastened together and provided at its outer endwith a curved arm, an eye member pivotally secured to said hody portionand of such length that its eye will )rojcet partially heyond the curvedarm when in registry therewith, the body )orticn bein r further providedwith a nete h at one si e of the curved arm and connecting therewithwhereby the eye member may he turned out of registry with said arm toexpose its entire eye, and e stud designed to he secured to the otherpart to be fastened, the said stud being provided with a head of adiameter to pass through said eye, and of a diameter larger than thepartially-exposed portion thereof, when the latter is in registry withthe said arm. 1

In testimony whereof 1 allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS WIDDOP.

